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May 18, 2008

EXCERPT FROM BLACK PROF.COM ---by Boyce Watkins Some people think I hate Oprah Winfrey. Idon’t. Actually, I love Oprah. Not the way my grandmother loves her, for that would be technically defined as cult worship. I love her the way I love Black Enterprise Magazine or really good Chinese food. Oprah inspires me, intimidates me and makes me really curious about the benefits of good, strong Tupperware.The reason some people think I dislike Oprah is because I felt the need to critique her. Being engaged in critical social commentary in a media of black and white is like being an abstract artist in a comic book club. If you criticize someone, you are officially defined as a critic. You
don’t dare use terms like “but on the other hand….”, for that’s the
part of the tape that gets played during the commercial break. I even critique my mother, and I really love my mama. There is a ying-yang in everything, and Oprah is no exception. Remember: Her name is Oprah Winfrey, not Jesus Winfrey, but my grandmother might not agree.The source of my Oprah critique came during her “Town Hall Meeting” on Hip Hop. On this particular show, Winfrey decided to assault gangster rap for its sexist imagery and violent lyrical content. I
know gangster rap well, as the rapper Ice Cube (Co-founder of the group
NWA) was my own personal Oprah Winfrey during high school and college. Everybody needs an Oprah, especially angry black men. There was something about the energy of NWA’s music that made me feel strong and liberated. Ice Cube’s song “F*ck the Police” was the most notorious of his collection, describing anger in LA about police brutality. With Rodney King happening just 3 years later, the song turned out to be downright prophetic.But Ice Cube has some other work that is not so cool. Yes, he was young, but there is no excuse for the sexist content of some of his music. Years
later, after Cube’s family movies have made him into a Crip-walking
Bill Cosby, Oprah still has a legitimate grudge against him for songs
he made 15 years ago. Ice Cube’s nasty response to
Oprah, as well as backing from his gangster rap grandchild 50 Cent, led
to Oprah’s Town Hall Meeting on Hip Hop.During her attack on gangster rap, The Almighty Oprah chose to structure the judge and jury in her own psychological image. Not one guest in this so-called dialogue on gangster rap was actually a gangster rapper. The rapper “Common” was invited, but that’s like inviting Winny the Pooh to represent the Legion of Grizzly Bears. The conversation was rigged and counter-productive from the start. As a fan and critic of Hip Hop, I was disappointed. As a finance professor, I was annoyed that everyone seemed to forget that Hip Hop, in the form seen by most of America , is a corporate phenomenon. In this game, the “playas” are actually the ones getting played. One
can’t discuss the War on Terror without mentioning President Bush, and
one can’t discuss the challenge to gangster rap without mentioning the
labels that provide financing, marketing, packaging and distribution of
the final product. Without corporate America “slanging” the product or suburban kids clamoring for it like dope
addicts, commercialized gangster rap would be about as socially
significant as MC Hammer’s little brother. SOURCE: BLACKPROF.COM

March 06, 2008

Besides themselves, EBP like talking about uneducated Blacks who disgrace their race. Most EBP hate those Blacks who are loud in public and draw unnecessary attention to themselves. EBP especially get embarrassed when they are out with their white friends and they run into an uneducated Black person. They usually want to run over and slap the uneducated Black in order to stop whatever stupid behavior they are doing, but of course, this would not be very educated of them. Most educated Blacks are embarrassed by the loud music and large rims uneducated blacks seem to love. Another favorite is poor grammar, which is usually spoken very loudly. When a group of EBP get together, they typically talk about all the uneducated Blacks they saw that day. Conversations on this topic can go on for hours and can range from slippers to do-rags worn in public! With uneducated Blacks constantly doing embarrassing things, this is a never ending conversation. While this is standard conversation for EBP, white people should never engage in this type of discussion. White people will come off as prejudice, which is something educated Black people hate. If a white person says something derogatory about an uneducated Black, their educated Black friend will quickly become uneducated and proceed to curse that white person out. SOURCE OF THIS STORY

September 2012

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